DETROIT — The Pittsburgh Penguins were less than a minute away from going home for good.
They weren’t ready yet.
Maxime Talbot stuffed his own rebound past Chris Osgood with 35 seconds left in regulation against the Detroit Red Wings, sending Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals to overtime on Monday night tied at 3-3.
After trailing 2-0, the Red Wings rallied and took a 3-2 lead midway through the third period and their fans chanted, “We want the Cup! We want the Cup!” The Penguins do, too.
A quick-hitting goal, a fortunate one and a spectacular save gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead entering the third period.
Pavel Datsyuk scored a power-play goal at 6:43 of the third to tie the game and Brian Rafalski put the Red Wings ahead 3-2 midway through the period.
On the brink of elimination, the Penguins clearly looked like they intended to send the series back home for Game 6 on Wednesday night. If Game 7 is necessary, it will be Saturday night in Detroit.
Pittsburgh went ahead 2-0 in the first period on Marian Hossa’s wrist shot and when Adam Hall was credited with an unassisted goal that caromed into the net after Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall tried to whack the puck into a corner.
The Red Wings pulled within one early in the second with a lucky goal.
Rookie Darren Helm sent a shot toward the net that went off Pittsburgh defenseman Rob Scuderi and got past Marc-Andre Fleury.
